March 5, 1876 to March 12, 1876

Mary Graves never imagined that she would be offered a teaching position in Caswell County when she visited as a guest preacher to local Presbyterian congregations from her Leesburg, Virginia home in 1876.Yet, Mary was offered a teaching position, and to her own surprise, left her home in Leesburg and moved to Caswell County to begin her teaching career. She accepted the position on the basis that...

The Baptists of Raleigh overflowed in the street outside the meeting house where Elder F.M. Jordan preached the gospel that night. The following day, March 6, 1876, the Holy Spirit called J.S. Allen, one of Jordan's followers, to build a meeting house to hold all of his Brother and Sister Baptists who wished to worship. Mrs. Hufman, a fellow Baptist, relayed the Holy Spirit's message to...